Clark v. Roberts
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
■ Contract under St. 1890, c. 487, for money paid on wagering contracts. Writ dated February 16, 1899. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, C. J., the plaintiff put in evidence fifteen contracts upon which he had made payments to the defendants amounting in all to $3,320. On each of four of these contracts was a release under seal executed by the plaintiff in the following form : “ Boston, 189. . “ Received of A. B. Roberts & Co., Dollars in full of all demands…
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■ Contract under St. 1890, c. 487, for money paid on wagering contracts. Writ dated February 16, 1899. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, C. J., the plaintiff put in evidence fifteen contracts upon which he had made payments to the defendants amounting in all to $3,320. On each of four of these contracts was a release under seal executed by the plaintiff in the following form : “ Boston, 189. . “ Received of A. B. Roberts & Co., Dollars in full of all demands under within contract, and I hereby release and discharge A. B. Roberts & Co., their officers, agents and servants, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This is an action of contract under St. 1890, c. 437. The case is here on the plaintiff’s exceptions.
The only exception taken by the plaintiff was, so far as appears, to the refusal of the court to rule as requested by him, that the several releases were limited to the several contracts *261upon which they appeared. We think that the refusal to rule as requested was right. Each of the releases, which were under seal, not only set forth that the sum paid by the defendants was received “ in full of all demands under within contract,” but also that it released and discharged the defendants “ from…
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